Feature Stories

Innovation Challenge 2014

Student entrepreneurs compete for $50,000

Two birds perching infront of a cityscape

Urban Ecology

Bird and plant species more diverse worldwide than expected says study

Kathryn McDermott with two of her students in the classroom

Student Achievement

Examining policy effects on equity and performance

Blade Runner

Engineering the next generation of turbines for wind energy

Floral Transmitters

Researchers offer first systematic review and recommendations on disease transmission via flowers

Image of heart superimposed on an electrocardiograph

Making Data Count

Advancing biostatistical methods to improve public health

Network viisualization of political action committee contributions to candidates

Networked Decision-Making

Analyzing big data to understand complex social systems

Electronic tag for visually impaired on elevator sign

Underground PERCEPTion

Technology developed at UMass Amherst will help the visually impaired navigate Boston subway

Visual comparison of the shapes of bat skulls

Natural Selection

Researchers develop new tool to identify biodiversity targets

A Meeting of Minds

Hluchyj Fellows combine nursing and engineering to improve clinical health care

Interdisciplinary Seminar in the Humanities and Fine Arts banner

Crossing Boundaries

The Interdisciplinary Studies Institute Takes Faculty on an 'Intellectual Adventure'

UMass Professor James Theroux and Students in the Classroom.

A Venture Story

A new center raises UMass Amherst's entrepreneurial capacity

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